Combined powder-box and mirror.



R. R. DEBACHI-IH. COMBINED POWDER BOY AND MIRROR. APPLICATION FILBT DEC. 5, 1911.

1,055,616, Patented Mar.11,1913.

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'hand mirror in one.

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COMBINED POWDER-BOX AND MIRROR.

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Patented Ma r. 1.1, 2 913 Application filed December 5,1911. Serial No. 664,094.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT R. Dnnxcirnn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Combined Powder-Box and Mirtion.

My invention relatesto a combined powder box and mirror, the object being to provide a toilet article which shall satisfy the two demands for a powder or puff box and a In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face View of the mirror side of the box, Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same, Fig. 3 is a face or top plan view of the powder or puff box, Fig. 4 is a se in in the plane of the line A-A of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a section in the plane of the line BB of Fig. 1.

The mirror frame is denoted by 1 and this is provided with a handle 2 for holding the mirror 3 set in the frame 1 in the desired po- 1 a back plate 4 for protecting it and the back of the frame 1 which is spaced from the back plate at is provided with an opening 5 and in this opening 5 there is seated a rim 6 having hinged thereto a cover 7, the latter being provided with a spring catch 3 The spring catch 8 is conveniently formedb bending a projecting lip on the cover'7 bac underneath itself. and then inwardly with a slight turn at the extreme end, as shown at 9, the inwardly projecting portion 9 being arranged to bear. against the edge of the folded under itself serves as a handle underwhich the nail of the operator may be placed to exert outward pressure sufficient to overcome the frictional engagement of the part 9 with theedge of the rim 6 to open the cover 7. The rim 6 may be soldered to the wall of the opening 5 or may be secured thereto in any other well known or approved manner. The rim 6 and the cover 7 are preftheir convex side directed outward to increase the capacity of the box.

and cover 7 forms the top, is formed by a thin plate of material, the margin 10 of which pr'cijects under the back of the frame 1 and also under the edge of the rim 6 with which it makes close contact and the body portion 11 of the said bottom is arranged to rest against the back plate 4 of the mirror 3 giving an additional depth to the box corresponding to whatever the spaco may be which it is found desirable to provide in forming the frame 1. 1

In assembling the parts before the front part of the frame 1 which overlaps the mar-' gin of the mirror 3 is erilnped over the edge of the mirror. the rim 6 of the box with the cover 7 hinged thereto is placed in position and soldered to the wall of the opening 5. The bottom 11 of the box-is then placed in position with its rim 10 in engagement with the rim 6. The back plate 4 and mirror 3 are then placed in position with the back plate 4 pressing against the bottom 11 of the box and the front of the frame 1 is then crimped over the edge of the mirror to hold the parts in position.

The article is dainty and attractive in appearance, is very conveniently manipulated and occupies but little more space than the hand mirror alone would occupy.

What I claim is 1. A hand mirror frame provided with a back plate for the mirror and having the back of the frame provided with an opening, a box rim and cover formlng a closure for said opening and a box bottom interposed between the said back plate and the ,box rim, the margin-of the box bottom contaeting with the said box rim whereby a receptacle is formed and the bodyof the box bottom being located in proximity to the back plate of the mirror.

2. A hand mirror frame provided with an opening in its back, a box rim with cover hinged thereto secured to the Wall of the 

